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1. Sean Connery
Began losing his hair at age 17. By age 21 Sean had a receeding hair-line. By age 27 he was beginning to bald on top. Sean wears a toupee in all of his films from 1958 onward, including all 7 of his Bond movies. Sean had two seperate toupees for the Bond movies.
One was a dry toupee, the other a wet toupee, for his many underwater scenes, or scenes with wet hair during the Bond movies. Also, Sean had two sets of toupees. One black, and one brown. So he had each a black and brown of each of the dry and wet toupees. Apparently in the films DN and GF Connery regulary swtiched back and forth from black to brown, and this is visble if you look closely, which I haven't, but will next time I see one of those movies. Also, Sean's hair was partially dyed in YOLT and DAF, and was dyed in NSNA, yet in half of the movie he didn't have it dyed.
2. George Lazenby
As George was only 29 at the time, he had all of his own hair, and had no gray hair.
3. Roger Moore
Moore's hair was dyed in all 7 of his Bond movies. In some like LALD, and TMWGG it was dyed a darker brown, while in others like MR and FYEO it was a regular brown.
In TSWLM Rogers hair was both dark brown, and light brown at various times in the movie, not due to being wet, but due to different dye colors. In AVTAK Moore's hair was light brown throughout. In OP he also has various shades of highlited brown thoughout the movie.
Roger had a receeding hairline throughout his Bond career, and his hair was cut shorter at the sides all the way back to the hair-line, so it appeared to not be receeding. He also had a small bald-spot on his left side, which was covered up with a very small hair-piece in all of his Bond movies.
4. Timothy Dalton
Dalton had a prominent receeding hair-line by the time he was cast in TLD. In TLD his hair is worn longer at the top, and combed downward and to the side. This effectively hides his receeding hair-line. However, in some scenes it is visible when his hair blows in the wind to one side.
In LTK, Dalton's receeding hair-line was not hidden. In some scenes it was shown, and in some scenes his hair was longer on top, combed down and to the sides, and then cut shorter on the sides like Moore's was. In these scenes he appears to have a full head of hair. In the casino scene, rather than show or hide the hair-line, the hairdressers, combed Dalton's hair straight-back, and fluffed it up. This reveals the hair line to be high, but contours to Dalton's face, and makes the hair appear much thicker, thus taking all focus off the receeding hair-line.
Dalton's hair was dyed in both Bonds, as he had some gray lines by the TLD, and a streak by LTK.
5. Pierce Brosnan
Brosnan's hair was dyed in GE, and TND for grey lines. It was dyed in TWINE and DAD, for his natural hair being apparently nearly all grey by TWINE, and completely grey by DAD.
In DAD, Brosnan wears a small toupee in some scenes to hide a bald spot that is beginning to appear, in other scenes he does not, and it can be seen from certain angles.
Yea, Bond really is old.
Sean - FRWL
George - OHMSS (Attack on Piz Gloria.)
Roger - LALD
Timothy - TLD
Pierce - TND
Daniel son - QOS
I dont't think Craig dyed his hair yet, maybe just the gray lines.
His beard is getting grayer, though, so I guess the same thing will happen to his hair in the next few years.
Cheers
I learned some new things too- I had no idea so many of them dyed their hair.
Now-- my pics for best hair (I'm excluding Lazenby):
Connery: Dr.No-- the slicked back look suits him
Moore: LALD. though there were times that it looked good in FYEO as well (when it was messed up a bit and not too 'perfect'
Dalton: TLD no doubt. Though I never had issues with LTK- not even the 'Dracula style'. Though that would be better suited for Batman, lol
Brosnan: TWINE. I typically have my own haircut like that. GE isn't bad but like what I said about Moore- it looked better messed up a bit
Craig: I guess CR- like someone else mentioned, it makes perfect sense for a 'man of action' to have shorter hair. It makes this Bond feel more grounded in reality. You remember all the old spoofs (and some actual Bond films) were he's in an explosion, or gets wet or something- yet his hair remains perfect? It's a bit dumb. Superman's guilty of that too (but he's Superman, lol)
The third looks like a new man, if I'm honest. Or at least a brother from the first two. Really skinny face all of a sudden.
Agree with imanbecks though. CR is the best DC hair style.
I actually think his whole physique has changed for Skyfall, judging by the swimming pool shot I reckon they've gone for less bulk, more of an athletic look, I reckon he's a good few pounds lighter than CR and probably carrying even less body fat.
Connery:
Best: FRWL
Worst: GF
Moore:
Best: LALD
Worst: OP
Dalton:
Best: TLD
Worst: LTK
Brosnan:
Best: GE
Worst: DAD
Craig:
Best: QOS
Worst: SF
Sean: wore a wig from day one, but the best wig IMHO is TB (very realistic, straightforward masculine & not too fussy) and the worst YOLT (too blonde and sun-kissed)
George: a bit long but it WAS 1969! Love the sideburns
Roger: had best hair in his Guy Hamilton movies. Not sure if he wore a hairpiece or "weave" after that but it looks VERY suspicious. Swooped back and hairsprayed into place to cover a bald patch? Looks dry and stiff like timber. Just awful
Timothy: dreadful in LTK. Looks like Dracula in some scenes
Pierce: i prefer the businesslike TWINE style to the flowing luscious GE TND style. A bit too whitebread wall street 1% though?
Daniel: looks like a punk teenager in CR, too much of mummys hair gel! Better and sleeker in SF but he looks unhealthy
So best? Connery in TB
WORST? R. Moore in OP or T. Dalton in LTK
Moore - Live and let Die
Dalton - The Living Daylights (he looks a bit like Dracula in Licence to Kill)
Craig - SF
I prefer it to his CR hair though, it just looked a little messy in that film and he had an odd quiff that looked like his mum did it before school for him.
I'm not a fan of the overly spikey quiff:
http://screenmusings.org/CasinoRoyale/pages/Casino-Royale-0357.htm
http://screenmusings.org/CasinoRoyale/pages/Casino-Royale-0922.htm
Often in CR his hair wasn't that bad and was mostly agreeable.
He looked best in QOS.
PB in TWINE love it
Dalton both films so Bond
Moore...his first Bond film lovely
GL is just Connery style
DC looks like a Lego head.
Now what about the chest hair, that's more Bond?
Connery - Dr. No or FRWL
Moore - The Spy Who Loved Me
Dalton - The Living Daylights
Brosnan - Tomorrow Never Dies (TWINE on, it just look like a boring businessman's haircut to me)
Craig - Casino Royale (Skyfall's was too short for my tastes; hoping for a bit longer in Bond 24)
And I just want to say this thread's title is one of my favorites. ;) Always makes me smile.
Moore: Moonraker. Nice to see it disheveled abit.
Dalton: The Living Daylights. It just looked wrong in LTK
Brosnan: GoldenEye not too long, not too short. Just right.
Craig: CR. Perfect.
Moore- TSWLM & MR
Dalton - TLD. I agree with @Murdock about LTK, especially in the casino in Isthmus
Brosnan - TND
Craig - CR